Sr. Director, Engineering - TwoTwenty (Innovation Lab)

Pinterest is seeking a Senior Director of Engineering to lead TwoTwenty, Pinterest's innovation lab building visual-first AI products — assistants, Gen-AI creation tools, and editing experiences — with startup speed at Pinterest scale. The Director leads a team of 10 (7 direct reports across ML engineering, software engineering, data science, and product management), owns the technical strategy for TwoTwenty's AI product portfolio, and scales the org from scrappy to enduring without losing speed. Reports to the VP of Product Management, Core. Hybrid near SF, Palo Alto, or Seattle (in-office 1–2 times/month). Salary: $329,585–$576,774 USD.

• Proven track record leading engineering orgs (manager-of-managers) that shipped consumer-facing AI/ML products at scale. • Deep technical fluency in at least one of: LLM/generative AI systems, mobile product engineering, or AI-driven experiences — enough to make strategic technical calls and earn credibility with Staff+ engineers. • Experience operating in high-ambiguity, greenfield environments — comfortable making bets without perfect data and pivoting fast on results. • Demonstrated ability to align design, product, and engineering around a shared vision and ship integrated experiences. • Hands-on experience with agentic AI architectures (tool-use, multi-step reasoning loops). • Prior experience in a startup environment highly preferred. • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.